Pro-Tech Painting

There were some major painting challenges in our new 3 story town home, so we knew it would take a while to complete. We wanted it done before we moved in and hired ProTech to do the work, which they said would take two weeks. Their crew showed up as planned and worked every day for two weeks to get the job done. As we revised some color choices along the way, the work took a little over two weeks and they finished shortly after we moved in. But the delay was of our doing. Crew was pleasant and neat. They tidied up at the end of each day and even came back several times after the work was done to do some touch ups (which we caused as we installed new light fixtures, etc.) Larry even came back nearly a year later to help fix a problem on the dining room ceiling after we installed a new chandelier (and he didn't charge us anything for the consultation). Highly recommend Larry and his crew.

They had to redo all the plaster. It was a mess, and a lot of work. It's not an easy thing to do.

Larry came with his crew. We questioned him to make sure he is EPA Certified. We are new here so we didn't know Vermont has very serious lead guidelines. We asked if painting in the cold weather would be a problem. He said November was a perfect time. We later came to find out that under EPA guidelines that you are not supposed to power wash the house. He was supposed to lay out plastic around the house to make sure the lead wouldn't seep into the ground. He was supposed to post a sign outside notifying the neighbors of the project. During this project, he lost several employees. The paint was peeling off in sheets. The outside of the house was completely trashed with paint chips. We were in the process of adopting children. It is being held up because of the unsafe conditions with the yard and lead paint chips. We invited Laurie's Certified Construction to come out and look to see what we could do. She didn't see a problem with it. We ended up threatening with a lawsuit. We have written and called Larry several times and he thinks his work is exceptional. The District Attorney's Office issued a statement that Larry is under investigating for drug trafficking. http://www.justice.gov/usao/vt/press/releases/20110527_cooper.html

Pro-Tech was average. They were prompt and were quick, neat, tidy, and careful. They did not finish the job though because they were going to come back for other work to the outside of the house and they never came back.

An excellent experience. They started before we moved in and worked around floor finishers and movers. Hard workers and Larry made sure we were happy before he left.